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In Panama, many youth are categorically denied access to comprehensive sexuality education and the right to make decisions about their bodies. As a result, teenage pregnancy rates remain high. Although the government has signed various international commitments upholding the universal right to...Read more

Although I've worked with IPPF/WHR for more than 20 years, last month was the first time I ever accompanied our supporters on an extensive visit to one of our Member Associations. It was my pleasure to travel with Jerry and Diane Cunningham to Haiti, and it was a treat to spend time with them on...Read more

More than five million Bolivians live in poverty and approximately six million Bolivians are excluded from basic health services. For over two decades, CIES, IPPF/WHR’s Member Association in Bolivia, has played a lead role in addressing this critical situation. In 2009 the Bolivian government...Read more

In 2010 Mexico began to recover from a deep recession, sparked by the global economic crisis. Although Mexico has the second largest economy in Latin America, persistent inequalities are a major challenge to development, with about 52% of the country’s total income held by the wealthiest 20% of the...Read more

Peru has made major strides in recent years in regards to development, with strong economic growth and low inflation. Despite these achievements, among Peru’s more than 29 million inhabitants, great disparities persist: 54% of Peru’s population still lives in poverty, and the UNDP estimates that...Read more

You can't make lasting change without two key ingredients: services that fill an unmet need and policies that support the provision of those vital services. Every year, our network of 40 Member Associations delivers high-quality sexual and reproductive health services to millions of people across...Read more

I was lucky enough to know reproductive health writer and activist Barbara Seamen before she died in 2008, and I felt her influence on every page of Voices from the Women’s Health Movement . The book contains the written work she loved and returned to often throughout her long career. It also has...Read more

For something we see and experience day in and day out, masculinity sure is a tricky business. In a collection of essays that span various countries and cultures, Global Masculinities and Manhood considers how communities around the world have been shaped by what it means to "be a man" -- and rebel...Read more

After his controversial article was published in the St. Lucia Star , Dr. Stephen King, the President of St. Lucia Planned Parenthood Association, has become an outspoken advocate of the decriminalization of sex work. Dr. King's article was a part of broad local media coverage of this critical...Read more

In light of Dharun Ravi's hate crime conviction , Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States is a timely and insightful book. Documenting the LGBT community's continuing struggle against the justice system, the authors explore how queer expression is subjected to...Read more